{"id":4528,"date":"2008-12-09T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/december-2\/"},"modified":"2008-12-09T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T18:35:00","slug":"december-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/december-2\/","title":{"rendered":"December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#000099;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><em>Just Delicate Needles<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">It&#8217;s so delicate, the light.<br \/>And there&#8217;s so little of it. The dark<br \/>is huge.<br \/>Just delicate needles, the light,<br \/>in an endless night.<br \/>And it has such a long way to go<br \/>through such desolate space.<br \/>So let&#8217;s be gentle with it.<br \/>Cherish it.<br \/>So it will come again in the morning.<br \/>We hope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Rolf Jacobsen<br \/>Translated from the Norwegian by Robert Hedin<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color:#000099;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#000099;\"><strong>December Birthdays<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 4 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/prior\/\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Arthur Prior <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(New Zealand, born 1914)<\/span><br \/><\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 7 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/marcel\/\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Gabriel Marcel <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(French, born 1889), <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chomsky.info\/\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Noam Chomsky <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(American, born 1928), and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/conway\/\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Lady Anne Conway <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(British, born 1631)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 9 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Gellner\">Ernest Gellner<\/a> (Czech, born 1925)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 11 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michael-oakeshott-association.com\/\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Michael Oakeshott <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(British, born 1901)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 12 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/11255\/Kazimierz-Ajdukiewicz\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(Polish, born 1890)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 16 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/santayana\/\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">George Santayana <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(Spanish, born 1863)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:#000099;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 20 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suzanne_K._Langer\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Suzanne Langer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\"> (American, born 1895)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 21 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Kropotkin\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Peter Kropotkin <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\">(Russian, born 1842)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000099;\">December 30 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C._D._Broad\"><span style=\"color:#000099;\">Charlie Dunbar Broad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#000099;\"> (British, born 1887)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just Delicate NeedlesIt&#8217;s so delicate, the light.And there&#8217;s so little of it. 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